SANTA CRUZ -- Police arrested a teen on suspicion of burglary after a resident saw him fleeing her bathroom on Tuesday morning.

Police responded to the 100 block of Pearl Street in Santa Cruz about 5:55 a.m. after a woman in a home woke up to noises at her front and back doors, police said. When checking the noises, she saw the bathroom light come on.

When she opened the bathroom door, she saw a teenage boy out the bathroom window and he escaped to an apartment.

She called 911. Police found a 16-year-old Santa Cruz boy inside a vacant apartment near the woman's home. He was found in possession of underwear that belonged to the woman and underwear that belonged to other women, said Santa Cruz Police Deputy Chief Steve Clark.

Police said the teen had once lived with his family at the apartment where he was found.

Authorities have not released the boy's name because he is a minor. He was arrested on suspicion of burglary and booked into Santa Cruz County Juvenile Hall.